Category Archives: Prisons and Justice and Police

No, Sexism By Police Is Not A Solved Problem

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Ampersand

In response to someone claiming her reports of harassment have been cavalierly dismissed by police, tumblr user Brazenautomaton wrote: Crimes with female victims are more likely to be investigated, prosecuted, and result in conviction. Period. Across the board. This is … Continue reading →

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“The List” – People on the “sexual offenders” list for acts committed when they were children

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Ampersand

DuBac is on the sexual offenders list for something she did at age ten. One morning during her junior year, DuBuc returned to her room from psychology class to find a yellow Post-it on her door: “We know you’re a … Continue reading →

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Now This Is a Hotel Manager Who Should Definitely Be Fired

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Ampersand

911 Audio: Hotel Manager Reports Guest For Being Transgender – BuzzFeed News Meagan Taylor and her best friend, who are both transgender women, were traveling through Iowa on July 13 to a funeral for her best friend’s brother when they … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Police Shootings, or Oh The Tragedy!

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Ampersand

Transcript of cartoon Each panel of this cartoon shows the same white dude in an armchair, from the same angle, watching the news on TV. Small details change throughout the cartoon – his hairline recedes, his drink changes, he switches … Continue reading →

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Robert’s New Book, About Avoiding Prison, Is Available On Amazon

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Robert

A message from Robert Hayes: Dear Alas friends – After almost a year of incarceration, I have finished my book on why getting incarcerated is a Poor Life Strategy ™ and how to avoid making the mistakes I made. The … Continue reading →

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Police Racism Isn’t Disproven By Black Cops

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Ampersand

In the National Review/Oberlin thread, RonF wrote:1 The anti-racist-policing movement hasn’t had much to say in Freddie Gray’s case given that of the 6 cops going on trial, 3 are black – including the only one who was charged with … Continue reading →

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Baltimore

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Ampersand

I really don’t have anything to say. But I can quote. Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Nonviolence as Compliance“: Now, tonight, I turn on the news and I see politicians calling for young people in Baltimore to remain peaceful and “nonviolent.” These well-intended … Continue reading →

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A letter from Robert. Which I received yesterday. Yesterday. I’m just sayin’.

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Ampersand

(Or was it three days ago? Whatever. As usual, I’ll wait a few days, and then I’ll forward comments from this thread to Robert. Anyhow:) March 23, 2015 Dear Barry: Heyo. Thought I’d drop you a line using my spiffy … Continue reading →

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Why I doubt that “63 percent of young men between the ages of 11 and 20 who are imprisoned for homicide have killed their mothers’ batterers.”

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Ampersand

I’m posting this here on “Alas” so that, two or three years from now, when I run into this statistic again and think “oh, yeah, I wrote a thing on that, didn’t I?” I can search for here it and … Continue reading →

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Must-Read Jamelle Bouie Article On The Decades-Old Context For Ferguson

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Ampersand

Ferguson protests over Michael Brown won’t end soon: The black community’s anger is rooted in a history of racism. This longish (well, longer than a blog post) article by Jamelle Bouie, about the long history of official racism in Ferguson, … Continue reading →

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